Shuangfeng dialect
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The Shuangfeng dialect (Template:Zh) is a dialect of Xiang Chinese, spoken in Shuangfeng County, Hunan province, China.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
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Tones
Phonemically, Shuangfeng dialect has three tones. Phonetically, however, the pitch of a syllable depends on the voicing of the initial consonant so the tones are counted as five:
| Tone number | Tone name | Tone contour | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yin ping (陰平) | Script error: No such module "IPA". (55) | high |
| 2 | yang ping (陽平) | Script error: No such module "IPA". (23) | low rising |
| 3 | shang sheng (上聲) | Script error: No such module "IPA". (21) | low |
| 4 | yin qu (陰去) | Script error: No such module "IPA". (35) | high rising |
| 5 | yang qu (陽去) | Script error: No such module "IPA". (33) | mid |
See also
References
- Běijīng dàxué zhōngguó yǔyán wénxué xì yǔyán xué jiàoyánshì. (1989) Hànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì. Běijīng: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎn shè.(北京大學中國語言文學系語言學教研室. 1989. 漢語方音字匯. 北京: 文字改革出版社)
- Coblin, W. South. (2011). Comparative Phonology of the Central Xiāng Dialects. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica.
- Norman, Jerry. [1988] (2002). Chinese. Cambridge, England: CUP Template:ISBN
- Wu, Yunji. (2005). A Synchronic and diachronic study of the grammar of the Chinese Xiang dialects. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Template:ISBN
- Yuán, jiāhuá (1989). Hànyǔ fāngyán gàiyào (An introduction to Chinese dialects). Beijing, China: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎn shè. (袁家驊. 1989. 漢語方言概要. 北京:文字改革出版社.)
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